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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jan 29, 2024 20:26:19 GMT
Also, Shakespeare and the Bible are what's given to players of DID, but I'm pretty sure their third choice of book doesn't have to be Byron.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 20:27:36 GMT
What's wrong with anapestic/amphibrachic dimeter?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jan 29, 2024 20:31:09 GMT
The verses I quoted are a parody of what was presumably a seriously intended folk song:
On top of old Smokey all covered with snow
I lost my true lover by courting too slow.
Oh, courting's a pleasure, parting is grief
And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief.
(But a thief he will just rob you
And take what you say
But a false hearted lover
Will send you to your grave.)
He'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
Than the crossties on the railroad or the stars in the skies
Your grave will decay you and turn you to dust
Not one boy in ten thousand a poor girl can trust.
For whatever idiosyncratic reason, it now seems comical. Hence the parodies.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 20:32:28 GMT
As I said before, I've kind of had enough of Poe, but I could still return to him if no other stuff that I can think of is tolerated. Kizolk at least seems to like his short stories. But... I'm not so sure about you. You've got mixed feelings, IIRC.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jan 29, 2024 20:33:48 GMT
I don't know if anyone not brought up in the States, and maybe Canada, will be familiar with either the original or the parody. But I suspect that most people who are aware of it will know one or another parody better than the original. Sadly, we don't have enough leftpondian active members to get more input.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 29, 2024 20:41:53 GMT
Voice of the THIRD SPIRIT
In the blue depth of the waters,
Where the wave hath no strife,
Where the wind is a _______,
And the sea-snake hath life,
Where the Mermaid is decking
Her green hair with shells;
Like the tremors (again probably doesn't scan but I can't think of anything that's connected to thunder without having to do with sound) on the surface
Came the sound of thy spells;
O'er my calm Hall of Coral
The deep echo roll'd--
To the Spirit of Ocean
Thy wishes unfold!
FOURTH SPIRIT
Where the slumbering earthquake
Lies dreaming on fire,
And the lakes of bitumen
Rise _______ higher;
Where the roots of the Andes
Strike deep in the earth,
As their summits to heaven
Shoot soaringly forth;
I have quitted my birth-place,
Thy bidding to bide--
Thy _______ hath subdued me,
Thy will be my guide!
FIFTH SPIRIT
I am the Rider of the wind,
The Stirrer of the storm;
The hurricane I left behind
Is yet with lightning warm;
To speed to thee, o'er shore and sea
I swept upon the blast:
The _______ I met _______ well, and yet
'Twill landfall ere night be past.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jan 29, 2024 20:43:23 GMT
You've got mixed feelings, IIRC. The main thing I like is variety. I may be alone in this. Poe is one of those writers who appeal to foreigners far more than to native speakers, as I'm sure I've said. Now I like his poetry to the extent of being able to quote a fair amount of it, but the faults that I can see, but somehow justify, in his poetry. are impossible to ignore in his prose. This may be idiosyncratic. I'm not sure if I've ever read a complete prose word of Poe's, so maybe I should try anew after what must be decades. Anyway, my views don't count. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 29, 2024 20:44:26 GMT
For what it's worth, I prefer this over pretty much every Shakespeare we've had in this game. I still prefer Poe though, but it'd be nicer to have passages/authors everyone likes. I don't know if anyone not brought up in the States, and maybe Canada, will be familiar with either the original or the parody. It didn't ring the faintest bell. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Jan 29, 2024 20:45:00 GMT
You don't know how lucky you are.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 20:49:22 GMT
tremors (again probably doesn't scan but I can't think of anything that's connected to thunder without having to do with sound) The "not to do with sound" hint was about "Where the wind is a _______". This blank isn't specifically to do with sound either, but sound is one of the elements involved in the phenomenon. |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 20:54:05 GMT
You've got mixed feelings, IIRC. The main thing I like is variety. I may be alone in this. Poe is one of those writers who appeal to foreigners far more than to native speakers, as I'm sure I've said. Now I like his poetry to the extent of being able to quote a fair amount of it, but the faults that I can see, but somehow justify, in his poetry. are impossible to ignore in his prose. This may be idiosyncratic. I'm not sure if I've ever read a complete prose word of Poe's, so maybe I should try anew after what must be decades. Anyway, my views don't count. Re variety: I understand, but after a while it becomes hard to come up with new ideas, hence the latest tendency to post whole plays or novels bit by bit... Re Poe: I adore his poetry. I like his prose to some extent, but using it in this game has caused me to look at it closer and notice how wordy it can be... with too much gratuitous use of complicated words. |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 20:58:11 GMT
Voice of the THIRD SPIRIT
In the blue depth of the waters,
Where the wave hath no strife,
Where the wind is a s______,
And the sea-snake hath life,
Where the Mermaid is decking
Her green hair with shells;
Like the s______ on the surface
Came the sound of thy spells;
O'er my calm Hall of Coral
The deep echo roll'd--
To the Spirit of Ocean
Thy wishes unfold!
FOURTH SPIRIT
Where the slumbering earthquake
Lies p______ on fire,
And the lakes of bitumen
Rise b______ higher;
Where the roots of the Andes
Strike deep in the earth,
As their summits to heaven
Shoot soaringly forth;
I have quitted my birth-place,
Thy bidding to bide--
Thy s______ hath subdued me,
Thy will be my guide!
FIFTH SPIRIT
I am the Rider of the wind,
The Stirrer of the storm;
The hurricane I left behind
Is yet with lightning warm;
To speed to thee, o'er shore and sea
I swept upon the blast:
The f______ I met s______ well, and yet
'Twill s______ ere night be past.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 29, 2024 21:01:51 GMT
I like his prose to some extent I still love "Silence". But it's very poetic prose... Nowadays you could have split it into lines and called it free verse. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 29, 2024 21:04:44 GMT
I like Poe's short stories not because of his style, but because of the stories. If I want style, I read French authors  |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 29, 2024 21:09:53 GMT
Voice of the THIRD SPIRIT
In the blue depth of the waters,
Where the wave hath no strife,
Where the wind is a s______,
And the sea-snake hath life,
Where the Mermaid is decking
Her green hair with shells;
Like the storm on the surface
Came the sound of thy spells;
O'er my calm Hall of Coral
The deep echo roll'd--
To the Spirit of Ocean
Thy wishes unfold!
FOURTH SPIRIT
Where the slumbering earthquake
Lies p______ on fire,
And the lakes of bitumen
Rise b______ higher;
Where the roots of the Andes
Strike deep in the earth,
As their summits to heaven
Shoot soaringly forth;
I have quitted my birth-place,
Thy bidding to bide--
Thy spell hath subdued me,
Thy will be my guide!
FIFTH SPIRIT
I am the Rider of the wind,
The Stirrer of the storm;
The hurricane I left behind
Is yet with lightning warm;
To speed to thee, o'er shore and sea
I swept upon the blast:
The flood/fire I met s______ well, and yet
'Twill subside ere night be past.
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